Table 2.

The efficacy on oral mucositis and neutropenia by treatment with the ED

Case number	Oral mucositis (prior treatment)	Oral mucositis (first treatment)	Oral mucositis (second treatment)	Efficacy (first treatment)	Efficacy (second treatment)	Neutropenia (prior treatment)	Neutropenia (first treatment)	Neutropenia (second treatment)	ED intake (first treatment, in g)	ED intake (second treatment, in g)
1	3	1	0	Excellent	Excellent	2	1	0	720	560
2	3	2	1	Good	Excellent	3	1	1	560	480
3	2	0	0	Excellent	Excellent	2	0	0	720	480
4	2	2	1	No change/poor	Good	2	2	1	240	240
5	2	1	0	Good	Excellent	2	1	0	480	560
6	2	1	1	Good	Good	3	2	1	480	400
7	2	1	0	Good	Excellent	0	0	0	800	560
8	2	1	1	Good	Good	0	0	0	560	420
9	2	1	1	Good	Good	0	0	0	480	480
10	2	1	0	Good	Excellent	0	0	0	560	480
11	2	1	0	Good	Excellent	0	0	1	560	560
12	2	0	0	Excellent	Excellent	1	0	0	800	800
13	2	1	1	Good	Good	1	0	0	560	480
14	2	0	0	Excellent	Excellent	0	0	0	720	640
15	2	2	1	No change/poor	Good	0	2	1	1120	1120
16	2	1	0	Good	Excellent	1	2	0	880	800
17	2	1	3	Good	No change/poor	0	0	0	880	960
18	1	0	0	Good	Good	1	0	0	400	560
19	1	0	0	Good	Good	0	0	0	240	240
20	1	1	0	No change/poor	Good	0	0	0	320	320
21	1	1	1	No change/poor	No change/poor	0	0	0	400	640
22	1	0	0	Good	Good	1	0	0	720	480

The efficacy of the ED was categorized as “excellent” in those cases where the maximum grade of oral mucositis was reduced by two grades, as “good” where the maximum grade was reduced by one grade, and as “no change/poor” where there was no reduction in the maximum grade